WORSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN 2025

Your prayers are working! Our downtown Columbia campuses—RADIUS Southside and RADIUS Carolina—have continued to grow this year as the Lord has brought new workers for the harvest. One of the most exciting developments has been the surge of college students and young adults choosing to worship with us each week. Because we want what happens on the platform to reflect the beauty and culture of the congregation God has assembled, it’s only natural that our worship teams now include more young faces, especially at RADIUS Carolina.

There can be a temptation to label young people as lazy, inconsistent, or uncommitted—but that has not been my experience. If anything, I would argue the opposite. Time and again I’ve seen this generation bring incredible energy, dedication, and a genuine desire to steward their gifts well. This year, God has blessed our downtown campuses with worship teams full of people who are hungry—first and foremost—to know Him better, and who also deeply desire to grow in their craft for the glory of Christ.

When you walk through the doors of 702 Whaley St., you can feel that passion. At RADIUS Carolina, we’ve even added additional songs to our service flow because the college students and young adults in the room are so eager to hear God’s Word and respond in worship—singing their hearts out week after week.

When we talk about “pipeline”—training and equipping new leaders to plant churches and share the Gospel—the opportunity we have at our Columbia campuses to pour into the next generation is something we do not take for granted. The Lord is doing something incredible in and through these young people, and I’m humbled to play even a small part in it.

If you want to be encouraged about the future of the church, come visit us on a Sunday! And if you call RADIUS home and want to be part of what God is doing in worship, I want to hear from you.